Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hurt, Robert April 28, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  April 30, 2006
Robert Hurt 





    Mr. Robert "R.L." Hurt, age 90, formerly of 208 Ferguson Avenue, 

Elizabethton, died Friday, April 28, 2006, in the Life Care Center of 

Elizabethton following an extended illness. 





    He was a native of Carter County and was the son of the late Dayton and 

Bessie Lee Smith Hurt. He was retired from North American Rayon Corp. after 40 

years of service. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WW II and was a member of the 

Captain Lynn H. Folsom, V.F.W. Post No. 2166. He was a member of the Oak Street 

Baptist Church. 





    In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, 

Alice Bowers Hurt, and by two brothers and two sisters. 





    Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Dugger McQueen Hurt of the home; two 

stepsons and their wives, Scott Lynn and Robin Hughes of England and the Rev. 

George Dewey and Lori Hughes of Waco, Texas; four grandchildren, Andrew Hughes, 

Maggie Hughes, Kelly Hughes and Christopher Hughes; two nephews, Bobby Glen 

Templeton of Monterey and John M. Terry of Fair Haven, Maine; three sisters-in-

law, Nancy Huggins of Matthews, N.C., and Ona Treadway and Kathleen Hurt, both 

of Elizabethton. 





    The funeral Service for Mr. Robert "R.L." Hurt " will be conducted at 8 

p.m. Monday, May 1, 2006, in the Chapel of Peace at Tetrick Funeral Home with 

the Rev. Bobby Stout and the Rev. George Hughes officiating. Music will be 

under the under the direction of Mr. Eddie Skelton, Mr. Bill Saylor and Mr. 

Michael Shipley. The graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 

a.m. Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at Mountain Home National Cemetery with military 

honors provided by the Captain Lynn H. Folsom, V.W.F. Post No. 2166 and the 

Tennessee Army National Guard. Everyone attending the graveside service is 

asked to meet at the funeral home Tuesday at 10 a.m. to go in procession to the 

cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 6-8 p.m. prior to the 

service in the chapel, or you may call the residence, 208 Ferguson Avenue, 

Elizabethton at any time. Active pallbearers will be Raymond Blevins, Jeff 

Treadway, Pat Freeman, Jack Pippin, Roger Banks, Jeff Guinn, Steve Dunlap and 

Terry Treadway. Honorary pallbearers will be Millard Layne, Buck Estep. E.S. 

Elliott, Clyde Ashworth, Howard Phillips, Kenneth Nave, Earl Mitchell, Hubert 

Hicks, Ralph Gouge and Ray Hamilton. Members of the Senior Citizens Dance Club 

of Elizabethton, special dance buddies, Leona Jackson, Sue McGraw, Dollie 

McCall, Ileen Matherly and Jo Ruth Counts Hughes. 





    A special "Thank You" is extended to special caregivers, Raymond Blevins, 

Mary Hopkins, Lela Hamilton, Betty McKeehan, other special friends, Margaret 

Hopkins and Jeremey Townsend and the Senior Citizens Dance Club Members and a 

very special little friend, Mary Ingram from the Life Care Center of 

Elizabethton and all the other nursing staff. "I have fought a good fight, I 

have finished my course, I have kept the faith:" (II Timothy 4:7) Those who 

prefer memorials in lieu of flowers may make donation in memory of Mr. Hurt to 

the Immanuel Baptist Church, 205 Hunter Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643. Online 

condolences may be sent to the family through our Web site at 

www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is in charge 

of the arrangements. The office number is 423-542-2232. The obit line is 423-

543-4917.





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